Packing device for bearing-boxes.



F. SYMANZIK.

BACKING DEVICE FOR BEARING BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4. :918.

1,288,277. v Patented Dec: 17,1915,

. Witnesses- In m WW UNITED sures PATENT OFFICE.

rnanz SYMANZIK, or scnwnmrun'r, GERMANY.

- PACKING DEVICE FOR BEARING-BOXES.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, FRANZ SYMANZIK, a subject of the King of Prussia, residing at No. 1 Kesslergasse, Schwe'infurt, in Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packing .Devices for Beari the perfect closure of the clearance between theshaft and the casing. Generally it is impossible to suliiciently tighten the usual stufling box encircling the shaft in such a manner thatit can resist the constant destructive action of the 011 splashed upon it.

w This will especially be the case in ball bearings in which the row of balls and theirretainer-ring have the effect to drive the lubricant outwardly like a centrifugal pump and to cause a circulation of the oil pastv the stufiing box.

The invention resides in providing rigid packing mean between the rotating; partsmounted npo the shaft and the opening in the casing th' ugh which the shaft passes, in order to prevent the how of the oil to that passage and to the stufling box placed there, when it rates in the casing. The

invention essentially consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of baflle plates in confining disks which, to gether with the surrounding wall of the easin form an annular space in which the oil is eld and perinitted to be driven around without the possibility of flashing down toward'the stufiing box. i

The invention further comprises means for mounting and fixing the said disks in the casing, and passagest'o'allow the-reconduction of the oil which might have escaped beyond the said packing disks. The

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Dec. 1:, 191's.

Application-filed October 4, 1918. Serial'No. 258,928.

' peculiar construction of said improvements will appear from the following descriptionand claims.

For a detailed explanation of two em;

.bodiments of the invention reference may be had to the'accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which a longitudinal sectional elevation of a jour-. I nal ballsbearing, containing-the said two constructional forms of the packing, is represented.

The cylindrical box or casing 5iin which are mounted two ball bearings 7 having race rings 6 and 8 of thecominon type-to-support the shaft 10, is closed at its ends by xed end walls or covers!) in the usual manner. Central openin s in said covers permit'of the passage 0 the shaft, whil'e stuffing boxes 11 of any suitable construction,

preferably composed of felt- .or"'leather washers, are disposed in the'edge ofthe perthe clearance. If the end of a shaft is to be journaled, one side of the casing can be entirely closed by a fixed wall.

Packing disks made of thin plat-es or sheet metal are located'between the ball bearings 6, 7, 8 and the covers 9 respectively. The packing disk 14 on the left side of the casing is Placed in a circular de l 80 ression of the cover 9 and retained therein y friction, a small space being left between the ball bearing and the disk, and another between the disk and the cover. The connection of said parts may be obtained by any other means, such as screws, rivets,; or

by soldering and the like. On the right SldB of the casing two disks 145 u which are separated from one another and from the bal bearinfiy distance r In this case the dis arewemovab y arranged in the casing and resiliently pressed toward the ball bearing by a spring 16, an 1 that the disks and rings are allowed of sol-i adjustment and tightenin under changes, of tern erature. Any num r of disks'can be app ied, and it is evident that owing to their nearly embracing of the shaft and the formation of a number of small spaces be 70 forations and servethe purpose of closing tween the ball bearing and the cover a labyrinth effect is obtained besides the separation of a middle oil-chamber in which the ball bearings are located. Thedisks l4 and ll are perforated in their lower part and in a certain distance from the outer edges of the disks; the openings 17 which are preferably so located that they communicate with the ball-containing space of the rings 6 and 8, are provided to allow refeed ing of the oil which might have escaped through the small passage between the inner edges of said disks and the shaft or a sleeve mounted thereon.

The operation and advantages of the new packing are as follows:

The arrangement of a number'of small spaces between' the rotating bearing members and the cover on the one hand prevents the oil which gyrates in the middle chamber from contacting the covers and being thrown toward the stufiiingboxes. and on the other hand permits the oil of flowing around the cylindrical-wall of the casing under the action of the centrifugal force andthe revolving impulse received from the ball bearings, thus being in constant contact with theballs. When the shaft rotates, the oil contained in the outer spaces adjacent to the covers is partly drawn through the perforations 17 by the sucking effect of the 'ball bearings, so that the level will sink and the oil which at rest assembles in the lower part of the casing and wets the lower part of the shaft and stuffing-boxes will be removed therefrom anti distributed in the entire casing. Thi will further be a bar to the escape of the oil from the casing. Said stufiing-box isctherefore. only at rest operative. i

Instead of the ball bearings other rotative parts, such as the collar of step bearings. can be employed and will also transmit a gyratory impulse to the lubricant.

'hat I broadly claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters. Patent, is

impulse to the oil contained in the casing.

2..In a bearing. the combination with a closed casing having a plurality of spaces provided in it by partitions. perforations in the lower part of said partitions permitting rnfulation of the lubricating oil through all spaces, of a shaft supported in said cats-- ing, and bearing members united with, and

projecting from said shaft, said members' being adapted to transmit-a gyratory impulse to the oil contained in the bearing.

3. A packing for hearing casings, comcasing, of partitions mounted therein and separating a number of spaces between the end walls of the casing, perforations provided in the lower part of said partitions and establishing communication of all spaces, a shaft supported in the casing and extending through said casing and partitions, and means projecting from said shaft into a central space and being adapted to transmit a gyratory. impulse to the oil contained in the said casing. v

5. In a bearing, the combination with a casing having end walls, of partitions mounted therein vertical to the axis thereof "and separating-outer and inner spaces be- ;tween the end walls, perforations in the lower part of said partitions establishing communicationof all spaces, a shaft extending through said end walls and partitions, and a number of ball bearings mounted upon said shaft and being adapted to transmit a gyratory impulse to the oil contained in the casing.

- 6. In a packing for bearings. the combination with a casing, of a number of disks mounted therein and capable of separating a plurality of outer and inner spaces, said disks being perforated in the lower part to allow communication of all spaces, a shaft extending through the casing and disks, and means projecting from said shaft into an inner space and adapted to transmit a gymtory impulse to the oil contained in the casing.

' 7. In a packing for bearings. the combination with a casing, of a number of disks mounted therein and capable ofiseparating a plurality of outer and inner spaces, said disks being perforated in the lower part, means for fixing the said disks in the casing. a shaft extendin through the casing and said disks. a stu ng box arranged between the casing and the shaft. and means projectin; from the shaft into an inner space and adapted to transmit a yratory impulse to the oilrontaincd in the casing.

8. In a packing for bearings. the combination with a casing, of a cover closing the end messes g of the easing, e number of oiisks capebleef separating outer and inner spaces in the casing, the lower part of said disks, being perforated, means for fixing said disks in 5 place, a stufiing box arranged in a centre} aperture of said cover, a, shaft extending through the cover and disks, and bearing means projecting from the shaft intc an inner space and adapted to'transmit a gyrs ivory impulse to the oil contained in the 10 easing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name te this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANZ SYMANZIK.

Witnesses: V

Lam Scnmrzm AUeUsT LEYMFTZ. 

